Two California jockeys, Joey Castro and Paul Atkinson, peppered Manley with questions at the meeting in Las Vegas, which was attended by about 80 jockeys. Manley says that membership is at 1,353, an increase of about 200 since he took over.

"I expected a hell of a turnout, and we've got this," said Castro, looking around a half-empty room. "You [the board of directors] let this happen. Why did you sign Gertmenian's contract?".....Gertmenian "fooled a big university," Manley told Castro. "He was a real con man, and it's not fair to blame us" for the guild's problems.

Yet not only is there no legal action against him underway that I know of, he's suing the Guild!! That's like Donald Rumsfeld suing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan that were tortured. How this guy gets away with this I can't imagine. I've joked in the past about him being from outer space, but perhaps there's something to that. Has anyone checked out his hands?

During the annual assembly, he said the organization is developing programs in the area of sports marketing that could open new revenue streams.

"Just because jockeys want to switch or get something that sounds good to start with doesn't mean it's going to stay that way," he said, "(but) if you're out, you're out. You're not going to leave (the Guild) and come back a month later. There's a loyalty reward now." [Bloodhorse]